Michael Kennedy PPF 2026 Report

Michael Kennedy’s 2026 Poetry Postcard Fest report.

Postcard Divinations (Akua Lezli Hope)

Akua Lezli Hope on her poetry postcard project in upstate New York

Sept 1, 2026 Poetry Postcard Fest Open Mic Video

Video of Sept 1, 2026 Poetry Postcard Fest Open Mic

2027 Poetry Postcard Registration Open

2027 Poetry Postcard Fest Registration is open.

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Penelope Moffet Interview

Penelope Moffet Interview

I caught up Wednesday, November 17, 2021, with Southern California poet Penelope Moffet about her Poetry Postcard Fest experience. Penelope Moffet is the author of It Isn’t That They Mean to Kill...

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The Cards I Got + INTERVIEW SEASON!

The Cards I Got + INTERVIEW SEASON!

Look at the 53 cards I got in 2021: If the baseball season can go into November, then postcard season can go late into October and I have been blown away by all the postcard love I got this year. I...

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From JD Eames

From JD Eames

Dear Paul, I hope this is the correct email to write you about the Festival. First time Postcard Poetry participant here. As of today, I've received 21 postcards! Very impressed by the ingenuity of...

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Mary Beth Frezon PPF Afterword

Mary Beth Frezon PPF Afterword

Thank you Mary Beth Frezon, veteran postcarder, for these wise words: Yes I’m one of those people who mark your card as arrived when it does but I don’t worry about it if it doesn’t. I’m grateful...

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DaySong 2024

DaySong 2024

DaySong 2024 on September 1 The DaySong is a poem written in a 24 hour period (or the 16 or so hours you’re awake during a 24 hour period). The DaySong was originally envisioned as an attempt to...

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Zach Charles Mid ’24 PPF

Zach Charles Mid ’24 PPF

From PPF Committee Member Zach Charles: Yet again, while reflecting on the Poetry Postcard Fest, I am drawn to the way the project can reveal the power of the accident. This year, unrelated to the...

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This Fest is For the Birds

This Fest is For the Birds

This Fest is For the Birds From PPF committee member Margaret Lee: I arose this morning before the full moon had set. Driving west and then south en route to Deep Fork, my shifting vantage showed me...

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